Lead Security Engineer

**Who we are**:
**Projects we have worked on include**:
**Covid-19 Vaccination National Appointment System** - A suite of systems built to enable Singapore's national vaccination campaign for Covid-19. This includes informational sites, appointment booking systems, and records management systems.

**Data.gov.sg**:

- An open repository of all the Singapore Government's public data. It helps people understand the data using visualizations and articles, and provides real-time APIs for developers to use.

**Parking.sg**:

- A mobile app alternative to parking coupons. It lets users pay, extend, and refund their parking sessions just using their phones.

**FormSG** - A form builder tool for agencies to self-service and create online forms that capture classified data, with the goal of replacing paper forms.

**Isomer**:

- Isomer provides government agencies with an easy-to-deploy static website building and hosting service to create usable, secure and faster informational websites quickly.

**RedeemSG** - RedeemSG helps the Singapore Government to create, send and track redemptions of digital vouchers easily.

**PaySG** - PaySG was developed to enable digital payments for government services, and was initially used for payments for COVID-19 swab tests and Stay-Home Notices for incoming travellers to Singapore.

**What does a Lead Security Engineer do?**:
**If you love to hack and build, this is the role for you**:
As a lead security engineer, you will:

- Identify and prioritise the most important security problems for the organisation.
- Design and architect the most appropriate solutions that scale well and materially improve the security posture of the organisations.
- Orchestrate the development and deployment of systems that automate the detection, containment, and remediation of security incidents.
- Mentor and guide the security engineering team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

We use cloud services, open source software, and commodity hardware as much as possible. These often include, but are not limited to: Typescript, GitHub, AWS, Pulumi, DataDog, Okta, and CodeQL. Knowing what to build and what to reuse lets us avoid wasting time on solved problems and focus on delivering actual value.

**How we work**:
**Rapid Prototyping** - Instead of spending too much time debating ideas we prefer testing them. This identifies potential problems quickly, and more importantly, conveys what is possible to others easily.

**Ownership** - In addition to technical responsibilities, this means having opinions on what is being done and having ideas on what should be done next. Building something that you believe in is the best way to build something good.

**Continuous Learning** - Working on new ideas often means not fully understanding what you are working on. Taking time to learn new architectures, frameworks, technologies, and even languages is not just encouraged but essential

**Who we are looking for**:
**Demonstrated foundation in security** - Prior work and personal projects count for much more than specific degrees. You can “think like an attacker” and identify vulnerabilities from code.

**Design practical solutions to solve security problems** - Clear thinking, scalability, and understanding the limits of an approach matter much more than getting the “correct” answer. Security-related projects are a plus.

**Talk and reason about security issues with other engineers** - We work as a team and don’t work by top-down mandates, so you need to be able to not just solve security problems, but have other people understand and embrace your solutions.

**Take initiative to make things happen** - Our job is to push for change in government, so we need to challenge the status quo and not wait for instruction.

**Want to work for the public good** - We are public servants, we serve the public. This sometimes means ignoring political pressures and misguided policies. We need people who will push back if something is not in the public interest.